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Howard P. Rives collection, 1942-2005, Date accessioned: 2000-07-13

 

Summary

Creator:
Rives, Howard P., 1923-2005
Extent:
1 Linear Feet
1 folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Howard P. Rives collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0614

Background

Scope and content:

This collection relates to Howard P. Rives who served as a First Lieutenant with the Heavy Weapons Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 301st Infantry Regiment, 94th Infantry Division in the European Theater of Operations. Rives received the Silver Star Medal and Purple Heart Medal. The collection contains military personnel records, 94th Infantry Division Veterans' Association papers, veteran reunion papers, correspondence between veterans of the 94th Division, and personal accounts of veterans.

Biographical / historical:

Howard P. Rives was born on September 20, 1923, in Shelbyville, Ky and moved to Clearwater, FL in 1924 with his parents. Growing up in Dunedin, FL, he enrolled in local schools and Florida Military Academy, which was then located in St. Petersburg on the site of Stetson Law College. His freshman year of college was at The Citadel in 1941 and then the University of Florida in 1942.

Custodial history:

Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.

Dimensions:
Oversize folder
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections & Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Howard P. Rives collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/02-00-0614

Location of this collection:
116 Honors Way
Tallahassee
FL
32306-2047
USA